| Features of ITMA ASIA + CITME 2008 |
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Asia’s largest international textile machinery and accessories exhibition, having the strong support of trade associations and their members from China (CTMA), Japan (JTMA) and Europe - ACIMIT (Italy), AMEC/AMTEX (Spain), BTMA (UK), GTM (Netherlands), Swissmem (Switzerland), Symatex (Belgium), TMAS (Sweden), UCMTF (France) and VDMA (Germany) |
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Around 100,000 international trade visitors from all sectors of the textile industry |
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Over 1,000 international exhibitors |
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Over 120,000 square metres of exhibition space – structured by product category in line with the ITMA and ITMA ASIA Index of Products |
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Stringent controls in force to protect intellectual property rights |
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An event organised by the industry for the industry, meeting all the needs of our exhibitors and visitors | |
ITMA ASIA – Asian International Exhibition of Textile Machinery
ITMA is the world’s largest international textile machinery exhibition, an event which
is owned by CEMATEX. ITMA is recognised as the ‘Olympics’ of the textile machinery
industry and the event has taken place every 4 years since its launch in 1951. In 1999,
CEMATEX made the decision to introduce an event which catered to the growing needs
of Asian textile manufacturers which represent a significant percentage of its association
members’ buyers. In 2001, ITMA ASIA made its debut in Singapore. Its second presentation
held in 2005 grew by over 30 percent, with more than 850 international exhibitors from 36
countries taking over 40,000 sqm net (over 80,000 sqm gross). Over 30,000 international
visitors from 86 countries attended the event in 2005.
CITME – China International Textile Machinery Exhibition
CITME was launched in 1988. It has grown to be the most established as well as the
largest international textile machinery exhibition in China. With its authoritative
background and professional operation, CITME has become the first ever international
textile machinery exhibition in China endorsed by UFI ( the Global Association of the
Exhibition Industry) in 2002. The 10th edition of CITME, which is sponsored by China
National Textile & Apparel Council (CNTAC), and China Council for the Promotion of
International Trade (CCPIT) and organised by the Sub-Council of Textile Industry,
CCPIT (CCPIT TEX), China Textile Machinery Associations (CTMA), and China
International Exhibition Center Group Corporation (CIEC) was successfully held in
Beijing in October 2006. The exhibition space reached the new record of 65,000 sqm,
of which 25,000 was taken by 440 international exhibitors from 25 countries or regions.
The exhibition also received warm acceptance from the textile industry worldwide.
According to statistics from the Access Control and Registration system, 36,635 trade
visitors from 73 countries attended | 
